North Center Revitalization Assoc. (NCRA)

Residents invited to learn landscape watering at free workshop

at free workshop

For release: May 25, 2006
Contact: Donna DiFrancesco
Acting Utilities Conservation Supervisor
480.644.3334
donna.difrancesco@cityofmesa.org

Residents invited to learn about landscape watering at free workshop

The City of Mesa will take the mystery out of landscape watering by
offering a free workshop to explain landscape plant water needs, how to
create a watering schedule, and how to program an irrigation timer.
Hands-on instruction with the timers will be provided. Proper outdoor
watering and timer programming can save residents 30 to 50 percent on their
landscape watering this season.

The workshop, "Landscape watering by the numbers: water scheduling and
controller programming," will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on June 8, at Mesa
Community College's Red Mountain Campus, Mesquite Building Community Room,
7110 E McKellips Road. Advance registration is required. To register, call
(480) 644-4400 or e-mail your name, mailing address, and the workshop you
are interested in to conservation.info@cityofmesa.org. A map and
confirmation letter will be mailed approximately one week prior to the
workshop. For more information about the workshop, contact Donna
DiFrancesco at (480) 644-3334.

Residents also are encouraged to visit www.wateruseitwisely.com for summer
landscape water saving ideas. Click on "Outdoor Water Use Guide" to find
the tools you need to keep your watering on track and your plants looking
great. The easiest way to save thousands of gallons of water around your
home is in your landscape. Mesa encourages all residents to use water
wisely. There are a number of ways to save water in your landscape and they
all start with you.